Labour MP Austin Mitchell tells Louise Mensch to ‘shut up and be a good girl’

Labour MP Austin Mitchell has been accused of sexism online after telling former Conservative MP Louise Mensch via Twitter to ‘shut up’ and be a ‘good little girl’.

The MP for Grimsby caused a storm online after his tweets referring to an interview given by the former MP’s husband Peter Mensch in which he claimed his wife stepped down from her Corby constituency because of fear of defeat at the next election.

Louise Mensch had clarified comments made by her husband (Picture: PA)

Mrs Mensch corrected her husband to clarify she moved to New York to spend more time with her family.

‘Shut up Menschkin,’ Mr Mitchell tweeted in response. ‘A good wife doesn’t disagree with her master in public and a good little girl doesn’t lie about why she quit politics.’

Mrs Mensch retweeted the message and called for an apology from Labour leader Ed Miliband and his deputy Harriet Harman .